| Mandurah Western Australia | |
 Location of Mandurah, Western Australia | |
| Population: | 67,813 (2006) [1] |
| Postcode: | 6210 |
| Area: | 106. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 6 km² (41. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi) |
| LGA: | City of Mandurah |
| State District: | Mandurah, Murray, Dawesville |
| Federal Division: | Brand, Canning |
Mandurah () is a city sixty minutes' drive (72 km) south of Perth, Western Australia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled The City of Mandurah is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative Mandurah is an Electoral district of Western Australia As in other districts the Mandurah district elects a single person to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Electoral district of Dawesville is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Brand is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. The Division of Canning is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent.
Mandurah is the fastest-growing regional city in Australia, having experienced hypergrowth for several years. The city grew from isolated holiday communities along the shores of the Peel-Harvey Estuary, and, with the growth of Perth, it has become a popular lifestyle alternative. The Peel Harvey Estuary is a natural Estuary which lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah. Mandurah's connection with the Perth CBD has been strengthened with the opening of the Perth-Mandurah railway line in December, 2007. History Legislation for the construction of the Mandurah Line was passed in December 1999. A housing affordability survey of 227 cities in the 2008 ranked it the least affordable city in Australia. [2]
The city centre foreshore is home to a variety of wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, shags, and an abundance of marine life including the blue manna crab which has become synonymous with the area. Dolphins are Marine mammals that are closely related to Whales and Porpoises There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. A pelican is a large water Bird with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the Bird family Pelecanidae. The Bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 Species of cormorants and shags. Portunus pelagicus, also known as the flower crab, blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab or sand crab, is
The city welcomes thousands of tourists every year, including many international visitors. Mandurah is famous for its protected waterways, superb beaches and excellent boating and fishing activities.
A photograph of Mandurah adorns the cover of the 1986 album Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids
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Geography
The waters of the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary (one of Australia's larger inlet systems) form the centre of Mandurah. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The estuary is approximately twice the size of Sydney Harbour. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The city lies in and around this freshwater system which in turn feeds into the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The city and its suburbs have many kilometres of ocean coastline most of which is sandy beaches. Mandurah also has a number of suburbs built around artificially created canal systems that extend from the Peel Inlet.
The area is governed by the City of Mandurah. The City of Mandurah is a Local Government Area of Western Australia.
Climate
Sharing a similar climate to Perth, Mandurah has a typical Mediterranean climate with warm summers and cool winters. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox During summer (December to February), the average maximum temperature is 27°C (80°F) with an average minimum temperature of 19°C (66°F). At its extreme it can get very hot, often having days exceeding 40°C (104°F) in the later half of summer. In winter (June to August), the average maximum temperature is 15°C (59°F) with an average minimum temperature of 9°C (48°F). Mandurah's proximity to the ocean moderates summer temperatures somewhat, with temperatures a few kilometres inland often 4 or 5 degrees warmer. Mandurah's climate is remarkable for producing one of the highest densities of tornadoes in the world [1]. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus
History
The Noongar (or Bibbulmun) people, who inhabited the South West of Western Australia, named the area Mandjar ('meeting place'). The Noongar (alternate spellings Nyungar / Nyoongar / Nyoongah / Nyungah / Nyugah) are an Indigenous Australian people who live After European settlement the name changed, possibly due to mispronunciation, to Mandurah.
In December 1829, Thomas Peel arrived in Western Australia from the United Kingdom with workmen, equipment and stores on the ship Gilmore. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Mr Peel he moans took him from England to Swan River West Australia means of subsistence and of production to the amount of £50000 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He had financed the trip in exchange for a grant of land in the Swan River Colony. Swan River Colony was a British settlement established at the Swan River on the west coast of Australia in 1829 Unfortunately for him, the contract stipulated that he was to arrive by no later than 1 November 1829 and, as such, his original land grant was forfeited. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Undaunted, Peel built a small settlement named Clarence south of the Swan River colony at what is known today as Woodman Point. Woodman Point is a headland on the west Coast of Western Australia. Many problems with the settlement along with Peel's own ill-health led him to lead the remaining Clarence settlers to the area known today as Mandurah. Thomas Peel died in 1865 but Mandurah continued to grow, albeit very slowly, over the years. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
Heritage
Sutton’s Farm
Sutton’s Farm is a heritage site in Halls Head, dating back to the 1860s. John Sutton, his wife Eleanor and their son Henry arrived in Western Australia on the Hindoo on 22 April 1839. [3] John Sutton worked as a tenant farmer for a short time before renting a block of land and opening a ‘Wayside Inn’. [4] In addition to the inn, Sutton operated a ferry service across the estuary to Mandurah town site. The ferry service was important to the region as it was the only way to cross the estuary until the bridge was built in 1894. From c. 1870, Sutton’s Farm, consisting of a residence, barn and single men’s quarters, was a dominant feature on the west side of the estuary, which was often called ‘Sutton’s Side’. [5] It was a regular social venue for the Mandurah community in the 1870s prior to the building of a town hall. [6]
Henry Sutton died in 1922 and the farm was sold to a local farmer Joseph Cooper[7] under the condition that Suttons would have the first option for buying it back if it went to market, which they did in 1947. The two families were related and they worked together to run the dairy farm until the sale of the property in 1977. It was purchased by property developers, Esplanade Developments Ltd. who have since subdivided the land and built canals. The limestone buildings of Sutton’s Farm, all built in the Victorian Georgian style, have since been used as a teaching site for architectural students. This attractive heritage farm site, now bordered by canals on two sides, is a popular backdrop for weddings.
Transport
The Mandurah Estuary Bridge was constructed in 1985 to 1986, and was the first incrementally launched box girder bridge in Australia. A box girder bridge is a Bridge where the main beams comprise Girders in the shape of a hollow box The Dawesville Channel (also known as the Dawesville Cut), a large man-made channel, was opened in April 1994. Dawesville Channel (also known as Dawesville Cut) is a man-made channel between the Peel-Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean at Dawesville about Physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a River, slough or ocean Strait consisting of a bed and banks The channel was created to allow saline seawater from the Indian Ocean to flush into the Peel Inlet to reduce the incidence of algal blooms which had plagued the estuary for many years. An algal bloom is a rapid increase in the population of Algae in an aquatic system
Transperth’s Mandurah railway line, opened in December 2007, links Mandurah to Perth. Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. History Legislation for the construction of the Mandurah Line was passed in December 1999.
Water use
Mandurah is at the centre of a water recycling project known as the Halls Head Indirect Water Reuse Project. Based in Mandurah it has recently been awarded the Western Australian Water Corporation Award for Water Treatment and Recycling. An aquifer is used to filter the areas sewage water providing safe, quality irrigation water for local parks, gardens and ovals [5]. An aquifer is an underground layer of Water -bearing Permeable rock or unconsolidated materials ( Gravel, Sand, Silt, or Clay
Sport
Mandurah is home to the Pirates Rugby Union club in the Western Australian Rugby Union, Mandurah City in the Football West State League and is also the home of the Peel Thunder football club, an active member of the West Australian Football League (the game known colloquially as 'Aussie Rules'). Mandurah City are a semi - professional Australian Football (soccer based in Mandurah Western Australia and compete in the Western The Football West State League is the highest state level Football (soccer competition in Western Australia League Coaches: Geoff Miles (1997- mid-98 Troy Wilson (mid 1998- 1999 Shane Cable (2000- 2001 Peter German (2002 John Ditchburn Current teams The teams currently playing in the WAFL are Salary Cap The WAFL is classed as a Semi-professional competition and has a Salary
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mandurah (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Map
- ^ Australian homes the world's least affordable, survey says | NEWS.com.au
- ^ Rica Erickson, The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1888 Vol. 4, UWA Press, Nedlands, 1988, p. 2988.
- ^ Ronald Richards, The Murray District of Western Australia A History, Shire of Murray, 1978, p. 131.
- ^ Richards, The Murray District, op. cit.
- ^ Heritage Council of Western Australia, Data Base No. 3078.
- ^ Certificate of Title, Volume 785 Folio 118, Department of Land Administration.
External links
- City of Mandurah website
- Images of Mandurah website
- Visitors to Mandurah website
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